Filling and crowning machine.



L. LITTY.

FILLING AND GROWNING' MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOR FILED JULY 3. 1908.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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LUCAS LI'ITY, OF BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.

. FILLING AND oeownme MACHINE.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

' Application filed m 3, 1908. Serial No. 441,775.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCAS Lrrrr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Baton Rouge, in the parish of East Baton Rouge and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Filling and Crowning Machine, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description.

The urpose of the invention is to provide a bottling machine that can be adjusted to receive bottles of difierent heights, and wherein by the operation of hand and foot levers or their equivalents, a charging cylinder can be brou ht into air-tight engagement with the bottle to be filled, and a gaged 'quantityof carbonated syrup or liquid of any description be delivered to the discharging cylinder and from thence to the bottle or other receptacle"'placed to receive it, and

zo""wl'1'rein further in the continuous operation of the machine, and while the bottle is being filled, a cap is placed in position to be carried over the mouth of the bottle, and when the bottle has received its complement .25 of material the cap is carried over the mouth of the b ttle and is crimped or clamped to the neck.

It is also a purpose of the invention to construct a machine of the character described, that will require comparatively few .parts in its construction, and which parts are of such'nature as not to readily get out of order. I

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speci fication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all ,the figures.

.Figure 1 is a front elevation of the imprdved machine; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of l the same; Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof; Fig.

4 is a longitudinal section through the syrup gage, on the line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 4: is a detail section taken practically on the line 43-4 of Fi .4; Fig. 5 is a vertical I section through t e charglng and capping cylinder-{the sect-ion being taken practically on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a section taken practically on the line 66 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical transverse section through the cap fitting mech anism, taken practically on the line 7-T of Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is a vertical section through the base portion of the machine and the well; Fig. 9 is a detail plan view of the top of the table where the bottle supporting well is located, and a section through the operating rods for the capping and charging cylinder; Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the device for operating the cap delivering mechanism at a period in the operation of the liquid delivermg mechanism; Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of the lever arm for lifting a portion of the charging and capping cylinder when the neck of the bottle is received therein, and mechanism for the delivery of a blank cap in position to be carried over the mouth of a bottle; Fig. 12is a vertical section through the syrup gage and its connections with the charging cylinder, the section bein taken ractically on the line 1 2- 12 of- %ig. 3; lg. 13 is a side elevation of the receptacle for holding the blanks for the caps; Fig. 14 is a transverse section taken practically on the line 14-14: of Fig. 5; Fig. 15. is a vertical so section'through the cap receptacle taken substantially on the line'15 -15 of Fig. 16; and Fig. 16 is a transverse section through the cap receptacle taken practically on the line 16-16 of Fig. 13. A represents a skeleton pedestal on which the machine roper is mounted. 'l his pedestal is provide with a table 10 formed at its upper portion and secured thereto in any suitable or approved manner, and at the central portion of the said table as is illustrated best in Figs. 8 and 9, a downwardly extending well A is formed of circular construction, and in opposing sides-of the said well A, vertical openings 11 are produced (see Fig. 8), and at opposite sides ofthe said pedestal A, shelves 12 and 12 are located, adapted, one for example, to recei' 'e the hot. tles to he filled, and the otherthe i qttles that have beenlilled. Rods 13 move ctr-eel, in oo the aforesaid openings 11 in the well A, as is clearly shown in Fig. 8, and these rods at their lower ends are connected by a crass bar 14, and this cross bar 1 1 has attached thereto a downwardly extending rod 15 that is connected by a link 16 at its lower end, or by other means, with a foot lever 17, the connection being between the center and the forward end of the said foot lever, and the. said foot lever is pivoted at its rear end upon '110 a rod 18 that prefenably extends from side to side of the-pedes tal, as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 8. A spring 19 is coiled around the aforesaid rod 15, having bearing againstthe under face of the cross bar-14 and against a cross bar 17 that extends from.

sideto' side of the pedestal at its central p01" tion, as is shown in Fig. 8. a

The well A is adapted to receive a series --of rings 20 that are placed one upon the other, and the rings 20 are of such diameter thatthey engage with'the inner side face of the said well, as is shown in Fig. 8, and an annular downwardly flanged cap plate 21 is located upon the uppermost ring, being rovided with an opening 22 in its centereading into the said well, and in a recess on the upper face ofthe cap plate 21, a washer 23 is located, of rubber'or leather, and a 27 that is flared outward and in the said upper ring at its center an opening 26 is made adapted to register with the opening 22 in the cap plate 21, as is also shown in Fig. 8. These upper bottle receiving plates 24 are made removable in order that the receiving rings may be changed according to the characterand the diameter of the bottle to be filled. Any approved fastening device 25 may be employed for securing the bottle receiving rings upon the cap plate 21 carried by the well, but ordinarily the said bottle receiving ring 24 is provided with connected openings 25 as is shown in Fig. 9, to receive headed pins extended up from the cap plate 21; but set screws may be employed for the purpose if so desired. The object in providing the series of-rings 20, is to increase or decrease the distance between the cap plate -21-and the bottom of the well, so as toaccommodate the machine to bottles of different lengths and heights. that may flow down the side of a bottle that is being filled,will pass into the well through the registering openings 22 and 26, and will find'its way from the well through a suitable outlet pipe 26 leading wherever desired. 50

On the right-hand movable rod 13 between that portion which extends above the table and the top, a collar 28 is preferably adjusb.

dbly'secured,"'and a second collar 29 is similarly attached to the left-hand or opposing rod 13,"as\ is shownin Fig. 1, the collar 29 exlel'ldil'lg nearest to the upper end of the rod to which it is attached. A. shifting lever 3 is mounted to turn upon the right-hand rod{ 3, having bcaring against the collar 28, a is shown in Fig. 1, and a cross head B, receives the upper end portions of the said rods 13, one end of the cross head resting upon the collar 29 .and the other upon the upper end of the lever B, as is also shown 111 Fig. 1. 'lhis cross head is attached to and Any liquid carries at its central portion a charging and capping cylinder C. This charging and capping cylinder C..is reduced in diameter from a point near its lower end to its upper end,-thereby producing an exterior shoulder 30, as is illustrated in Fig. 5, and is'provided at its shouldered portion with an interior partition 31 having a central opening'pro} duced therein, and. below this partitlon 31,

a ring the 32 is fitted into said cylinder, the opening 33 in which die is conical, being widest at its bottom, and usually'has its well corrugated, but said wall may be plain.

, A ring 34 islocated beneath the die32, tending mainly to support said die, and-the said ring 34 fitsat-its upper face against an interior shoulder 35 produced in the aforesaid cylinder C, as is also shown in Fig.- 5.

This packingring 34, as it may be termed, is I provided at its forward portion with a slot or opening 36 that is preferably rectangular in general formation, and said opening connects with a correspondingly shaped opening 37 in the from lower portion of the cylinder 0, which latter opening 37 is surrounded by a suitable sleeve or collar 38 whereby to effect a connection between the charging'an'd capping cylinder C, and a cap distributing mechanism to be hereinafter described. The cross head B is held in place on the rods 13 by means of suitable nuts 39, as is best shown in Fig. 1. .It will thus be observed that when the foot le'ver or t-readle 18 is pressed downward, the cylinder C is carried in the same direction. The cross head B ispi'ovi ded with a. handle 4.0 rigid therewith-and preferably horizontally extending outwardfrom its right-hand end.

terior of the cylinder C, which jacket 'at its lower end rests upon the shoulder "30, and

the said jacket extends up nearly to the up per end of said cylinder, as is shown in Fig. 5, and on this jacket at each side of the rear central portion,'longitudinal ribs42 and 43 are formed, as is'illustrated in Fig. 14, and

between these ribs and bearing against the sa d acket, a segmental member 44 is located,

as is shown in Figs. 2 and 14, and likewise inFig. 5, and this member 44, whlch' may be termed a compressing member, is secured to the jacket 41 by screws 45, or their-equivalents, and this compressing member 44 is; annular at the lower portion of the cylinder In forming the lower annular portion of A loose jacket 41 is'provided for the enthe compressing member 44, it is carried from the back around to the sides, as is shown in Fig. 1, at 48, and the forward portion of the annular section of the compresssection 46 of the compressing member 44 adapted to receive a gasket 50 preferably made of rubber, and thisgasket 50 rests between the bottom 46 and the under face of the ring 34, as is illustrated in Fig. 5. A space 51 is provided between the lower edge of the cylinder C and the bottom 46 of the compressing member 44, and when thecylinder C is carried downward to bring, the opening in the gasket 50 around the neck of the bottle at its mouth, preparatory to filling, the lever B is brought into action to force the compressingmember 44, and the sleeve 41 to which it is attached, upward so as to bring the gasket 50 under compres-. sion and cause it to close around the neck m an air-tight manner. The member accomplishing this result is illustrated in detail in Fig. 11, and consists of a tubular body portion 51 that is mounted on the righthand operating rod 13, and a foot 52 is curved forwardly and in direction of the left-hand side of the machine. This foot 52. is provided where it connects withthe body 51 with a rearward'ly extending projection 53 whose-upper face isupwardly and rearwardly inclined. The lever B has a handle 4O attached to its body portion 51 and the handle extends outward adjacent to the handle 40 that is rigid with the cross head B, as is illustrated in Fig. 3, so that by pressing the handle 40 in respectto the handle 40 the shifting lever B is operated. In connection with this lever B, a

downwardly extending arm 55, shown in Fig. 1, is attached to the circular lower portion of the compressing member 44 carried by the cylinder C, and between said arm and 'said member a roller 54 is mounted to re volve, and as the lever B is moved forward this roller travels up the inclined face of "the projection 'or extension 53 from the foot of said lever and causes the said compressing member 44 to be elevated relatively to the cylinder, as the cylinder itself is lowered to such extent as to bring the gasket 50 under quite severe compression.

A reinforcing band 56 is provided for 'the' upper interior portion of the cylinder C, having an outwardly extending flange 56 bearing upon the upper edge of the cylinder.- The exterior of the said cylinder C at its upper end portion is provided with a thread 57, and an exteriorly and interiorly threaded sleeve 58 is located at the threaded portion 57 of the said cylinder, as is shown in Fig. 5, and the upper end of the cylinder is closed by an adpistable bell top 59 having --an interior thread 60 adapted for engagement with the exteriorly threaded surface of the sleeve 58, whereby the said bell top may be adjusted upward and downward on the cylinder. The lower end 60 of the said bell top 59 is of sufficient diameter to clear the outer face of the sleeve 41 loosely mounted on the cylinder. A piston D is mounted to slide in the said cylinder to and from the partition 31 as is also shown in Fig. 5. The said piston D rests upon a suitable-packing or gasket (Z. This gasket d has an opening in its center and through this opening a downwardly extending member 61 is carried from the central portion of the piston D through the opening inthe partition 31 and likewise into the opening 33 of the die 3-2.. This member 61 of the piston D is circular in cross. section and is provided with an opening 62 thatextends from its lower" end. into the said piston and throu h the said piston, as is shown at 62 in Fig. 14, out to the end of a tubular extension 63 from the piston, which tubular-extension 63' is free for vertical movement in an o ening 64 produced in the cylinder and in t e jacket or sleeve-41 surrounding it, as isalso shown in Fig, 1.

The piston D is provided: with a stem 65, the upper portion 66 whereof is tubular, and this stem extends up and out through a polygonal projection 67 at the u per central portion of the bell top 59 of the cylinder. An air vent 68 is longitudinally produced in the lower or solid portion of the piston rod the cylindenmoves downward for the purpose of'filling a bottle, the air in the cylinder will find an escape through the ports 68 and 69 into the tubular portion 66 of the piston rod and out therefrom at the upper portion of the bell top 59. But in order to prevent air from finding its way into the said vents 68 and 69, a valve '70 is properly seated over the upper end of the vent 68 in the lower'portion of the tubular section 66 of the piston rod, as is shown in Fig. 5, and the stem 71 of this valve 70 extends up loosely through a plug 73 that is screwed into the upper end of'the said tubular section of the piston rod, as is also shown-in Fig. 5, so as to place under more or less compression a spring 72 that encircles the said valve'stem 71. The valve stem '71 passes so loosely through the plug 7 3 as to permit the escape of any air that may be in the tubular section of the piston. A spring 74 ismade to encircle the rod of the piston D, and, thesaid spring has bearing on said piston and against the upper-portion of the bell top 59, thus when the piston D is forced up"- ward it will place the spring under tension and when pressure on the piston is relieved the spring 74 will return the piston to its normal position. In the operation of this portion of the device the bottle is placed to its lower member 61, as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, so that when upon the receiving plate 2 L located over the well A and within the flange 27 of the said plate, then by pressing down upon the foot lever 18 the cylinder C is carried downward untihthe mouth portion of the bottle has .been received within the elastic gasket 50,

' then the handle 40 is brought toward handle 10, causin the said gasket to close around the neck 0 the bottle in an airtight manner, as has been stated. A supply of liquid, car- :bonated or otherwise, is then turned on from.

the receptacle to be next described, and the supply of liquid enters the passages 62 and 62 and is delivered to the interior of the bottle, since the bottle at that time will be practically in engagement with the lower end of the lower extension from the piston.

During this portion of the operation the ing farther down on the foot lever or treadle 17-, the cylinder is carried farther downward and the lower end of the lower extension 61 of the piston D will then bear upon the top of the blank, holding it in place, and the vcylinder continuing its downward course will cause, the opening 33 in the die 32 to pass over the edgeof the blank and crimp or bind the said edge to the neck of the bottle at the mouth.

Thesyrup gage is designated in itsentirety as E, and this portion of the device is adapted togage the amount of syrup that is to be mixed with the carbonated water that is to be syrup gage consists of a cylinder 7 5, open. at both of its ends, and in which a piston 76, preferablyhollow, is mounted to slide, and the said piston 76 extends out beyond the outer end of the said cylinder, which outer end of the cylinder carries a suitable gland 7 'Z for said piston. The inner end of the cyl-- inder is closed by a casting E. This casting consists of a head-78 that is screwed upon the cylinder and is provided with a suitable gasket so as to guard against the possibility of leakage. Integral with \the said head 78, and at its bottom portion, a delivery melnber'or tube 79 is formed, and the interior 79 of this delivery tube or member 79 is adapted to register withthe channel 62 that has communication with the channel 62 that extends downthrough the plunger or piston I) in the cylinder C, and

the lower extension 61 of th'esaid plunger or piston. The connection is usually ma e be tween these two parts in the manner shown ,in Fig. 12, wherein a union 80 is employed and one or more pins 81 are made to extend is also shown in Fig. 12. threaded opening is made in the supply tube supplied to the cylinder G. This" email from the said tube 79, entering suitable re cesses in the pipe or sleeve 63, as is also shown in Fig. 12, so as to hold the cylinder 7 5 and parts carried thereby, perfectly steady, so as to obviate the necessity of extra support therefor extending from the table 10 of the base A.

Between the cylinder '7 5 and the cylinder I C. a pipe 82 is carried upward from the con necting pipe or tube 79, and this upwardly extending pipe 82 is connected in any suitable or approved manner with any source of ort 83 connects the 1nsyrupsupply. A terior. of the cylin er 7 5, between its head 78 and the piston 7 6, with the said syrup supply tube 82, as is also illustrated in Fig. 12.

This port 83 is 'connectedby a branch 83, y

with the bore 79 'of the supply tube 79, as

79 below the branch port 83*, which opening is closed by a plu 84, said plugbeing em ployed to permit t e introduction of a valve Preferably a 86, which valve is provided with a suitable stem 85 that is mounted for sliding move- .ment in the said plug 84, and the valve 86 is held in engagement with a seat 88 produced in the said branch port 83 by means of a suitable spring 87, and a pin 89 is shown carried up from the valve 86, adapted to en .ter a. suitable opening in the valve seat,

whereby to guide the said valve inits move- 3 ment. The valve 86 is provided with a central recess that receives the valve stem 90 of the valve91, that is located in the syrup supply tube 82 adjacent to'where the ort 83 connects therewith, as is shown in ig. 12, the recess in thevalve 86 bein desi nated as 92. The valve 91 is norma ly he d against a seat 93 formed in the interior of the said syru supply tube 83 by means of a spring 9 1 coi ed around its stem 90. Thus normally each valve is seated. When the valve 91 is open, syrup'is supplied to the cylinder 75, 'and when the valve86 is open, the contents of the cylinder can find its way to the delivery pipe 79.

Where the delivery tube 79 connects with the head 78 of the casting. E, a hollow extension 9et is provided, the extension being. in direction of the front of the machine, and is parallel with the said delivery tube 79, as

best shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The chamber 95? of the said extension 9 1 is provided with anopening closed by a plug 95, the said opening being located in the said extension at-a point which is practically on a line with the central forward portion of the cylinder '75, as is shown in F1 1, and at what may pipe 97 and to extend out a suitable distance beneath the cylinder 75, as is shown in Fig. 4, and a sprin 99 is coiled around the said valve stem 98 etween the plug 95 and the valve 97, and this spring 99 normally holds the said valve seated. Usually a plug 100 is located at the outer end of the ston 76, as is shown in Fig. 4, and the said plug has an outward extension to which the in ner ends of two straps 101, 102 are secured by means of a bolt 103, or its equivalent, one strap '101 bein carried over the top of the cylinder 7 5 an the other strap 102below the said cylinder, as is also best shown in Fig. 4. i

A lever 104 is pivoted at its inner end at the bottom portion of an upright rod 105 that is secured to lugs 106 extending from the extension 94" and from the liquid de livery pipe 96, as is illustrated in Fig. 1. This lever 104 is pivotally attached at 107 to the forward end of the lower strap 102 between the outer end of the said lever and I its pivot point, and an arched strap 108 is secured to the said lever 104 and is carried upward and rearward and is pivoted to the said rod 105, thus completing the pivotal support for the said lever, the point of attachment of the said strap to the said lever being designated as 109 in Fig. '4. This arched strap 108 is attached at its upper, straight ortion. at 110, to the forward or outer en of the up er strap 101 'that extends from the cylinder 75, as is also shown in Fig. 4. This upper strap 101 is provided adjacent to its outer end with a threadedsection 111, having a fiat face 112 upon which fiat face a scale is produced, and an indicating nut 113 suitably threaded, is located on the threaded annular portion 111- of the .said stra 101, as is shown in Fig. 4, being held in'a justedposition by a suitable set screw 114, or its equivalent.

The scale'on the-flat surface 112 is a scale in ounces, and fractionsthereof, and according to the adjustment of the nut 113 on the strap 101- will be regulated the amount of syrupthat is to enter the cylinder 75. Thus when thelever 104 is carried outward or to the left, the lston 76 is carried outward into the said cy inder, and creates a vacuum,

' which will draw down the valve 91 and permit thesyrup to enter the said cylinder and the extent of space that the syrup can occupy in the cylinder will be determined by the striking of ,the said nut 113 against the head 78 of the cylinder, as is shown in Fig.

4. At this time communication between the valve 86 under the pressure of the return in piston will be opened and the syrup wi l flow into the delivery tube 79 and find its way to the cylinder7 5. Just before the syrup has been entirely forced from the cylinder 7 5', a projection 115 on the lower strap 102, or the strap beneath the cylinder and connecting with the piston will have enga ed the outwardly extend'in end of the va ve stem 98 and will have orced the valve 97 inward, unseating the stem, thus admitting the carbonated water fromthe chamber 95 to the delivery tube 97, where it will mingle with the syrup and the sweetened, carbonated liquid will then pass to the cylinder G and will be supplied as has been stated to the bottle or other receptacle placed to receive it.

The crowning or capping mechanism D is best shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, and its construction is as follows: Opposing slide- Ways 116 and 117 connected at their-inner ends by a head 118 are attached to the cylinder G at the sleeve or collar 38, and the said head 118' connecting the said slideways is provided with an opening 119 corresponding in sha e and dimensions to the o ning 36 p need in the collar 34 loca-t e' low the die 32 in said cylinder C, as 18 articularly shown in Figs. 5 and 6. A b ock 120 is mounted for movement in the slidewa s 11s and117 and this block 120 has a. Y

tray 121 secured to its inner face, the eaid tra-y being adapted-normally to extend into the said opening 36in the said member 34 pi the cylinder C, and the said tray 121 has its .inner end rendered segmental so as to conform to the arc of the circular opemiliagflrn the said ring member 34, as is illustrat m Fig. 6. This tray 121' is provided with-a central, longitudinal channel 122, as is also best shown in Fig. 6, which channel is 'for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The

The outer chambers small opening at its outer end fashioned to receive and permit of the slidingof a phm- I ger rod 126. Beds 127 extend into the said chambers 123 and. 124 of. the slidr block 120, and these rods 127 are surround against the inner. wall of the said chambers 123 and 124, or against the. heads ofthe rods 127 located at the inner ends, the said chamby coiled, springs 12.8 that have bearing bers and the outer ends of the springs 128- having bearing against a cross bar 129 that connects the slideways 116 and 117 at then' outer ends, and the rods 127 pass out through said cross bar. The said cross bar 129 issecured to the slideways by means of bolts 130, or their equivalents, as is illustrated in Figs. 621ml 7. In the upper portion of, the said cross bar 129, a recess 131 is produced, as is illustrated in Fig. 7, and in this recess.13l a keeper 132 is located, being pivoted at its lower (portion adjacent to one end, as is illustrate at 133 in said Fig. 7, and the said keeper 132 is held in its seat and is prevented against accidental rocking by means of springs 134 having bearing against the cross bar 129 and against the pivoted end portion of said keeper, and the said keeper 132 is also provided at its upper portion where the spring 134 engages the portion 138 of} the said plunger rod is made round m'cross section, terminating in I a head 139; and in the operative position of the plunger rod 126 the circular or in nor portion of said rod rests in the channel 122 produced in the tray 121-, as is illustrated in Fig. A spring 139 is coiled aroundthat portion of the'plunger rod 126 that is contained in the aforesaid chamber 125 of the block 120, and this spring 139 when the latch head 136 of the said rod is released from the keeper '132, carries the said rod to the said normal position illustrated in Fig. 6. In order to. hold the spring 139* in place on the plunger 126 in the block 120, I employ a dove-tailed block 139 -seating in a correspondingly shaped recess in the block 120 (see Figs. 3, 5 and 6).

A casting F (see Figs. 1 to 3, and 13 to 16) is located over the inner end portion of the sliding block 120 when said block is in its inner or normal position, the said casting F being secured to the cylinder 0 in any suitable or approved manner, and this casting F 15 adapted to contain a receptacle F placed. This casting F is provided at one in-which the blanks, crowns, or caps 140 are of its sides with a slot 141 extending from its top nearly to the bottom, and at the lower end of the slot 141 a horizontal extension 142 is provided, and the bottom portion of the castingis cut away, or is provided with recesses 142 at opposite sides, as is illustrated in Fig. 13. At the recessed sides of thecasting F, vertical and parallel ears'143 are formed, preferably integral with said casting, and opposing ears are connected at I their lower ends by a strap 144, as is illustrated best in Fig. 16. Alink 145 is located in each space between. the opposing ears 143, the said links fbeing suitably pivoted at their upperends, and these-linksnormally extend vertically downward in engagement with the outer face of the casting, as is illustrated in Fig. 16, being held in such position by springs 146 that are attached to the upper portion of the links 145 and have bearing at their lower ends against the strap 144, as is particularlyillustrated in Fig. 15. At the lower end of each link 145 an angular I retaining arm f is pivotallyattached. Each of-these arms consists of a horizontal member-147, the inner end whereof is more or less pointed, and the said horizontal members are pivoted to thelinks 145 at a point ins being in horizontal alineme-nt, asis;

illustrated in Fig. 15. These pins 149 enter openings or apertures 150 in the slideways 116 and 117 and engage with inclined side Walls 151 produced at the inner end .portion of thesliding block 120, the inclination being in direction ofthe cylinder C, and;in-

ward, as is shown in Fig. 6. I The innerends of the horizontal members of theretaining arms f enter-the recesses 142 at the bottom portion of the castingF when the block 120 rot is carried outward, the pins l49 'travelings;

upon the inclined faces 150 ofthe said block due to the fact that the springs "146 are un der compression.

- The receptacle F is provided with recesscs 152 in oppositesides of its lower end,

corresponding to the recesses 142, and the receptacle F is also provided with a pin 152 which when the receptacle is placed in the casting F is madeto enter the vertical slot 141, and then the receptacle isturned so as to bring the pin 152 in the horizontal member of said slot, thus locking the receptacle in the casting, and when the said sliding block 120 is moved outward the plunger rod 126 travels with it and is caught and retained by the keeper 132, and as soon as the block 'has passed from-beneath the re-' ceptacle containing the crowns, one of said' crowns Will have been released by reason of the arms f being moved inwardly between the bottom crown and the superposed one and such released crown willdrop into the tray-121. The block 120 is-released immediately upon the delivery of a crown to the trayand returns to its normal position,

bringing the tray with its crown to its normal position within the cylinder, and the crown will be 1n position to be pushed over gagement a lip 159 that extendsdown from l the pivot edge portion of the cross bar 129 connecting the mouth of the bottle or other receptacle by the inner head 139' of the plunger rod tlcularly shown in Fig. 11, and the outer end 'erably where its rectangular portion conin Fig. 11, and this bo down through the slot 154, being provided 'tion to carry its foot 52 v 153 will be carried outward, and will'carry 126, when said head is released keeper tion-h A slide 153 in the cat-ed beneath the M from the 132 and returns to'its normal posiform of a plate, is loplunger-rod 126, as is parof this slide passes loosely out through the cross bar'129 connected with the slideways 116 and 117. This slide 153 is provided at its inner end with a longitudinal slot 154, and'the slide 153 at a point in advance of the slot 154 is connected by asuitable bolt 7 pin 155 with a horizontal arm 156, that is plvotally attached to the free end of the foot of the shifting lever B, as is also shown in Fig. 11, and a bo1t157 or its equivalent, is Secured to the plunger rod 126, pref-' nects with its circular portion, as is shown t 157 passes loosely at itslower end with. a nut or head 158, so that when the lever B is rocked in the direcoutward, the slide with it'the bolt 157 and'consequently the plunger rod 126, and such outward movement will be continued until the latch head 136 ofthe plunger rod 126 has'been engaged by the keeper 132. Just beforesuch-an en the bottom of the sliding block 120 through the slot 154 will have been engaged by the bolt 157, and the; block 120 will becarried outward, placin its springs under tension,- andthis outwar movement of the parts just named is accomplished by bringing the bandles 40 and 40 together. The pivoted handle, or that connected with the lever B, is then carried outward to restore the lever to its normal position, and immediately the block 120 will be returned to its normal position, the tray carried by the block, as has been stated, during'the rearward movement of the block having received a blank crown. "An angular extension 161 is provided at oint of the lever 104, operating the piston 6 of the syrup gage E, which extension is a part of the lower strap 102. This angular extension 161 at what may be termed its base, is pivotally connected with a post 162 that extends-up from a trip arm 163 havin a head 164 at its free end, which head is a apted for movement on the upper I the slideways for the crown depositing mechanism, and the said head,164 is adapted l for engagement with the lip 135 extending from thekeeper 132, and When'the said lever ,104'is carried outward, the said headengagl ing with the said lip will shift the keeper 132 and thus release the plunger rod 126 from its locked POSltlOIl, permitting its spring to actiand return it to its normal position, whereupon the head 139 at the inner end of the said plunger rod will strike 'farther downward as has been described,

cauing the die 32 to clamp the crown around the mouth of the bottle. The trip arm 162 is held down to an engagement with the said cross bar 129 by passing a pin 165 down through the point of the angular extension 161, through a suitable opening in the outer end of the said arm 163, as is shown in Fig.10, and placing a nut- 166 on the lower end of the sand pin 165 below the said arm 163, and coiling a spring 167 around the said pin, having bearing on said nut and against said arm.

In the operation of the machine, the bandla 40 and 40 are rasped and drawn to gether, whereupon the lever B is actuated to carry the plunger rod .126 to locking engagement with the keeper 132, and the block 120 backward for the delivery of a crown to the tray 121. This permits the retaining arms f to engage and sustain the column of, crowns in the receptacle F. The handle- 40 is then'returnedand the block 120 carries the crown received in its tray into the charging cylinder 0. The foot lever is now pressed down, lowering the charging cylinder C until the neck of the bottle is within 1 the elastic gasket 50 with the rim thereof about-flush with the upper surface of said gasket, then the handle 40 is again pressed toward the fixed handle 40 to operate the shifting lever B, but at this operation the lever Bwill have no effect upon the plunger rod 126 or the sliding block 120. However, as said lever B is thus operated, the roller 54 on the outer artial shell 44 will be engaged by the inc ined surface 53 ofits foot member 52, and said shell or jacket 44 and attached sleeve 41 will be forced upward, causing the bottom flange 46 of the outer segmental shell or jacket 44 to compress the elastic gasket 50and I od'uce an air-tight seal at the neck of the" ottle. I

Either after, ,but preferably before the operation. of the charging cylinder C, the lever 104 of thegsyrnp gage is thrown back,

the nut 113 having been set, and the syrup enters and fills the space in the syrup cylinder 75 between the head 78 and the piston 76. When the charging cylinder 0 1s brought-down over the bottle the air escapes therefrom through the and tubular section 66 o the piston rod 65, to the outside atmosphere; next the lever 104 of the syrup gage is carried forward and the syrup, together with the carbonated fluid, is delivered to the charging cylinder C in the manner that has been described, and is conducted to the bottle. ,When the passages 68 and 69 bottle has been filled, the lever 10a of the syrup gage E is again carriedrearward so' that the cylinder 75 can be again charged, whereupon the head 164 of the trip arm 163, which will have passed over the lip 135 of the keeper 132, will'have drawn the lip outward and raised the keeper, thus freeing the plunger rod 126, This rod is then immediately returned to its normal position by its spring139 and will force the crown from the tray 121 into place over the neck of the bottle. At this time quick and weighty pressure is brought to bear upon the foot lever 17, which carries the cylinder C farther downward and brings the lower piston extension 61 to an engagement with the crown, holding it in place, and the die 32 is drawn down also to an engagement with the edge of the crown, crimping or locking the crown to the mouth of the bottle. Upon relieving the foot lever 18 from pressure, and drawlng the handle 4:0 back, the spring 19 will raise the charging cylinder and parts carried thereby, which combination may be termed a table head, and at this time thespring 74 will act to force the bottle from said charging cylinder.

The foregoing operation is repeated in filling each bottle; the necessary movements following one another rapidly so that the operation of filling and capping or. crowning can be expeditiously carried forward.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a bottling and capping machine, a pedestal or base, a well formed therein, a series of removable members in said well fitted to lie one on the other, a cap member surmounting the said first-named members, and an upwardly extending flange at the cap membeigwithin which the bottle to be filler I is placed.

2, In. a bottling and ca ping machine, a pedestal or base, a well fibrmed therein, a series, of removable ring members located within the said well, resting one on the other,

a removable cap member for the ring member providedavith an opening therein, and a bottle receiving member removably' at tached to the cap member, being providedwith an opening adapted to register withthat of the cap member, and a flange around said opening.

3. In a bottling and capping machine, a support fora bottle, acharging cylinder movable to and from the said support, a

syrup gage connected with the'said charging cylinder, a capp ng or crowning die operatively located within sald cylinder, means for raising andlowering the cylinder, mechanism for feeding blank crowns to thesaid cylinder and for forcing the said crowns over the bottles'when filled, and a device for operating thesyrup gage, which device acts to bring about the final movement of the said capping mechanism. K

4;. In a bottling and capping machine, a charging cylinder provided with a piston having an air vent" and a filling opening extending from the exterior of the cylinder down through the said piston, a die carried by the said cylinder vat its lower portion, an elastic gasket located beneath the said die and separated therefrom, adapted to receive the neck ofthe bottle to be filled, and means for placing the said gasket under compression whenthe cylinder is placed in filling position. l e

5. In a bottling and capping machine, a charging cylinder provided with a piston having an air vent and an opening extending from the exterior of the cylinder down through the said piston at its center, a die carried by the said cylinder at its lower-po tion, an elastic gasket located beneath the said die and separated therefrom, adapted to receive the neck of the bottle to be filled, and means for placing the said gasket under compression when the cylinder is placed in filling position, a mechanism for feeding blank crowns to the said cylinder, which mechanism consistsof a support, a block mounted to slide in the said support, a plunger rod operating through the said block, and a receptacle for blank crowns located' above the sliding block,'the lowermost crown in said receptacle being released at the outward movement of the said sliding block.

6. In a bottling and capping machine, the combination with a base, means for support ing a bottle carried by the base, a cylinder located above the said base, and spring-controlled means for raising and lowering the cylinder relatively to the bottle support, of a spring-controlled piston mounted in the said cylinder provided with an air vent and with an inlet for liquid, which inlet extends down through a lower projection from the said-piston, the stem ofthc said piston being 110 provided with an air vent in communication with the outside atmosphere, a valve for the said air vent, a die located in the lower portion of the cylinder around the lower extension from the piston, a compressible 115 gasket adapted to surround the neck of the. bottle located below the said die, means for feeding a blank crown to the said cylinder over the said gasket, and means for simultaneously compressing the said gasket and the said sliding block, the lowermost crown being released by the outward movement of the said block.

combination with a charging cylinder, of a crown delivering mechanism for said cylinder and in communication therewith, which crown delivering mechanism consists of opposing slideways carried by the cylinder, a spring-controlled block mounted for movement in the said slideways, a spring-controlled plunger rod operating through said block independent thereof, a latch' for the said plunger rod, a releasing device for the latch, means for operating the said block independently of the said plunger rod, and a receptacle for blank crowns located above the said sliding block, the lowermost crown being released by the outward movement of the said block, means for temporarily holding the crowns in position in the receptacle, and means for releasing the said retaining means by the outward movement of the said block.

9. In a bottling and capping machine, the

combination with a charging cylinder, of a crown delivering mechanism for said eylin der and in communication therewith, which crown delivering mechanism consists ofopposing slideways carried by the cylinder, a

spring-controlled block mounted for movement in the said slideways, a spring-controlled plunger rod operating through said block independent thereof, a latch for the said plunger rod, a releasing device for the latch, means for operating the said block independently of the said plunger rod, and a rece tacle for blank crowns located above the said sliding block, the lowermost crown being released by the outward movement of the said block, means for temporarily holding the crowns in position in the receptacle, means for releasing the said retainin means by the outward movement of the sai block, and a tray connected with the slidin block adapted to extend normally within t c said cylinder, which tray receives a blank crown from the said receptacle when the block is slideways, a spring-com carried by the spring-controlled the plunger rod for carryin them to an outward position, a receptac e for blank crowns located over the said block, a retaining device for the said crowns, and means for releasing the retainin from the said crowns when the said block device is moved in one direction, the retaining devices for the crownsautomatically returnof the said block.

ing to their normal position at the return 8. In a bottling and capping machine,'the

11. In a crown dehvermg mechanism for bottling and capping machines, a casing having opposing longitudinal-ears at opposing sides, spring-controlled arms pivoted between said ears, angular retaining arms arms, the said retaining arms being located beneath the said casing and extending into recesses at the bottom of the casing, a receptacle for crowns fitted to the said casing, the receptacle and the casing being open at top and bottom, and means for locking the receptacle in said casing.

12. In a bottling and capping machine, the combination of a char ing ing a passage extending tlierethrough for delivering liquid to the bottle, a gasket for engagement with the mouth of the bottle, 7 83118 for placing said gasket under com device havo pression when the charging device is in fill- 5 ing position, and means for feeding blank crowns to said device, said means including a slidable block, a plunger rod operating through said block, and a receptacle for blank crowns mounted above the sliding blockithe lowermost crown 1n said receptacle being released at the outward movement of the sliding block.

13. In combination, means for delivering a liquid to a bottle to be filled, and Inechanism for feeding blank crowns thereto,- said mechanism com rising a support, a block mounted to slid in said support, a plunger rod operating through said block,

and a receptacle for blank crowns located above the sliding block, the lowermost crown in said receptacle being released at the outward movement of said'sliding block.

14. In combination, means for delivering a liquid to a bottle to be filled, and'mechanism for feeding blank crowns thereto, said mechanism comprising a support, a block mounted to slide in said support, a plunger rod operating through said block, and a receptacle for blank crowns located above the sliding block, the lowermost crown in said receptacle being released at the outward movement of said sliding block, said liquiddelivering means including a die for securing saidblank crowns to the bottle.

15. In combination, a charging device, a crown-delivering mechanism therefor, including a slideway, a block mounted for movement thereon, a plunger rod operated through said block, a latch for said plunger rod, is releasing device for said latch, and means for operating said block independently of said plunger rod.

16. A ing a crown-delivering mechanism includ ing a slidable block, a plunger rod operating through said block, a latch for said plunger rod, a releasing device for the latch, means for releasing said block independently of said plunger rod, a receptacle for blank, c rowns'located above said block, the lowermost crown being released with the device of the class described, hav

outward movement of said block, and a tray connected with said block and receiving crowns from said receptacle, the plunger rod acting to carry said'deposited crowns from said tray to the mouth of the bottle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

I LUCAS LITTY.

Witnesses H, L. Sunrrnns, 'lnos. M. Lmon. 

